‘Trump Danced Off The Stage!’ CNN Reports Trump ‘Loving’ Biden Turmoil — Attacking VP Harris At Rally
CNN anchor Sara Sidner cited former President Donald Trump’s “dancing off the stage” at a rally as a sign he is “lovin’ all of this” turmoil around President Joe Biden’s debate performance and highlighted his attack on Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump held a rally in Florida Tuesday night — his first since CNN’s Biden-Trump debate, which led calls for President Biden to drop out that escalated from a media frenzy over anonymous chatter to a media frenzy over elected Democrats stepping out publicly.
That debate was also characterized by Trump rattling off as many as 50 falsehoods that went unchallenged by the moderators.
On Wednesday’s edition of CNN News Central, Sidner and correspondent Alayna Treene talked about Trump’s jubilation over the issue and his attacks on VP Harris.
Treene played a clip of Trump attacking Harris (while mispronouncing her name) and gave her insights into “how Donald Trump and his campaign are thinking about” the VP:
SARA SIDNER: If there was a sign that President Trump is loving all this, this is it! Former President Trump danced off the stage last night in Miami after launching several new attacks against Biden and the chaos he says is dividing Democrats right now.
CNN’s Alayna Treene has more on this.
Alayna, this was, I think, Trump’s first post-debate rally. And while Biden’s name was really not brought up a lot, you note this morning that for the first time this election cycle, he really dug in to Vice President Kamala Harris. Tell us what you heard.
ALAYNA TREENE: That’s right, Sara. And I found that to be one of the most interesting parts of his rally last night.
And you’re exactly right. This was his first rally, but also public event since the debate. And what’s notable about his attacks on Harris is both Donald Trump and his team have really avoided going after the vice president throughout their campaign.
But last night, that was not the case. And I think it just very clearly shows how closely Donald Trump and his campaign are monitoring, monitoring the situation around Joe Biden and questions over whether he will step aside and if Kamala Harris could potentially be his successor. Take a listen to exactly what Donald Trump said.
DONALD TRUMP: But whatever else can be said about Joe Biden? Yeah, you have to give him credit for one brilliant decision, probably the smartest decision he’s ever made. He picked Kamala Harris as his vice president.
(JEERS).
No, it was brilliant because it was an insurance policy. Maybe the best insurance policy I’ve ever seen.
Marco–. If Joe had picked someone even halfway competent, they would have bounced him from office years ago. But.
ALAYNA TREENE: Now, Sara, I do want to just share some inside reporting on how Donald Trump and his campaign are thinking about this one is that, despite what he is saying about Kamala Harris not being as strong of an opponent, Donald Trump and his team are very concerned about what it would look like if if Joe Biden is not the person at the top of the Democratic ticket. Part of that is because they have done spent millions of dollars on modeling and gathering data focused solely on going after Joe Biden. So they really don’t know what having someone like Kamala Harris at the top of the Democratic ticket would look like. And so, his team is very much delighting in Donald or in Joe Biden saying repeatedly that he is staying in the race and digging in, on remaining as president.
SARA SIDNER: And certainly when you look at the polling, an American saying they don’t like either choice, it would be interesting to see what a new choice would mean.
Watch above via CNN News Central.
